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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 136, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 30, 2016Colfax County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2016, 4:17 PM MDT for Colfax County, New Mexico. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 30, 2016, 4:17 PM MDT (22:17 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2016, 5:00 PM MDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Colfax County, NM

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 210 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 306 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 100 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -284 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2043 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 30, 2:57 PM MDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 2:57 PM MDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 5:45 AM MDT, 10 hours 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
545 AM MDT SAT JUL 30 2016

NMZ501>540-311200-
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-
SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-
WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET-
EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA-
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY-
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY-
SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-
FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY-
HARDING COUNTY-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-
QUAY COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-
545 AM MDT SAT JUL 30 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF THE NORTHWEST HALF OF
NEW MEXICO. STORM MOTIONS WILL BE SLOW AND RAINFALL COULD BECOME
HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE STRONGER STORMS. THIS MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED
AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING... ESPECIALLY OVER AND NEAR RECENT AND
OLDER BURN SCARS. ISOLATED LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE BETWEEN 1 AND 2
INCHES OF RAINFALL. A FEW STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ROUGHLY
THE NORTHWEST HALF TO TWO THIRDS OF NEW MEXICO MOST AFTERNOONS AND
EVENINGS THROUGH THE WEEK. STORM MOTIONS WILL BE SLOW...ESPECIALLY
SUNDAY AND MONDAY...AND RAINFALL COULD BECOME HEAVY. THIS MAY
LEAD TO LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OVER AND
NEAR RECENT AND OLDER BURN SCARS. SOME LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE
BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL OR EVEN LOCALLY GREATER AMOUNTS.
A FEW STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 1:36 PM MDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 3:55 PM MDT, 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 4:07 PM MDT, 10 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 29, 6:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	34 min
Jul 29, 6:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		36 min
Jul 29, 7:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	27 min
Jul 30, 12:58 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	2 hr
Jul 30, 1:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	39 min
Jul 30, 2:15 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel	2 hr
Jul 30, 2:33 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Mora	117 min
Jul 30, 2:38 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba	112 min
Jul 30, 3:16 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba	119 min
Jul 30, 3:47 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora	118 min
Jul 30, 3:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Taos	35 min
Jul 30, 4:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	39 min
Jul 30, 4:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	38 min
Jul 30, 4:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		46 min
Jul 30, 4:37 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel	113 min
Jul 30, 5:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		31 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.